According to a published report on Pro Football Talk, former Kansas State Quarterback Collin Klein has signed a two-year contract with the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League. @ProFootballTalk 15h Former Kansas State QB Collin Klein has signed a two-year deal with the Montreal Alouettes, we’re told. Klein, who was a Heisman Trophy Finalist in 2012 and led the Wildcats to the Big 12 Championship and an appearance in the Fiesta Bowl that season had signed last year as a free agent with the Houston Texans in the NFL but was not able to earn a longer contract after…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Chiefs will have to get used to playing away from Arrowhead Stadium. Kansas City opens the season at home against Tennessee on Sept. 7, and then has just one more home game over the first seven weeks. Otherwise, the Chiefs will be taking trips to Denver, Miami, San Francisco and San Diego along with having a week off during the first half of the season. The NFL announced the schedules for all teams Wednesday night. If the Chiefs can navigate their early road swing, they’ll have an opportunity to finish strong at home. They…
Former Republican Senator Bob Dole is back in his home state of Kansas with a three-day homecoming tour to say “thank you” to residents who supported him through his many years in Washington.
The Justice Department is encouraging nonviolent federal inmates who have behaved in prison, have no significant criminal history and have already served more than 10 years behind bars to apply for clemency, officials announced Wednesday.
“The Game” on KMAN breaks down the Royals big win against the Indians last night in Cleveland 8-2. Jason Vargas next up on the hill for the Royals, is he the biggest surprise in KC this year? The K-State baseball team responded well after losing to Bakersfield on Monday night with a 13-0 victory on Tuesday night. How important is the West Virginia series this weekend going to be for the bat cats? Hear sound from Big 12 football coaches from the teleconference earlier in the week. Who are the best teams in the Big 12 heading into the summer? Has K-State men’s basketball found an opponent to play at the Sprint Center in 2014? All that and much more on “The Game” on KMAN.
The Junction City/Geary County Crime Stoppers has teamed up with the Junction City Police Department, Grandview Police Department and the Geary County Sheriff’s Department to obtain new software to make leaving a tip for crimestoppers easier. In a press release, sent out Wednesday afternoon, police announced-if someone wants to leave a text tip, they need to start their message with “tipjc” followed by their tip, and send it to “CRIMES”-which is 274637. People wishing to leave a tip can still call 785-762-TIPS and leave a tip as well. https://www.tipsubmit.com/webtips.aspx?AgencyID=1216
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with Riley County’s USD 378 Superintendent, Brad Starnes and Blue Valley/Randolph USD 384 Superintendent, Brady Burton, as well as Debbie Nuss with Riley County Sr. Service Center and Lee Ann Desper with Riley County United Way.
A Fort Riley man pleaded guilty Tuesday, to making false material statements to the Social Security Administration. KMAN received this news from US. Attorney, Barry Grissom Wednesday. James Nickerson (37) pleaded guilty to one count of making a false official statement to a federal agency. In this plea, he admitted he was paid $71,734 in disability benefits by the Social Security Administration that he was not eligible to receive. While receiving these disability benefits, he worked full time for the Army doing various duties, including serving as a platoon sergeant while he claimed to be disabled. Nickerson attempted to conceal his actual work…
A four-run second inning triggered the K-State offense in a 13-0 rout of Cal State Bakersfield on Tuesday night at Tointon Family Stadium. The Cats bounced back from a loss to the Roadrunners on Monday night, when they had 16 baserunners, but scored just two runs. Back-to-back singles from Shane Conlon and Blair DeBord and a walk issued to Mitch Meyer loaded the bases with nobody out in the 2nd. Max Brown then cleared the bases with a triple and scored in the next at-bat on Carter Yagi’s RBI groundout to give K-State a 4-0 lead. Austin Fisher recorded another…
CLEVELAND (AP) James Shields allowed two runs in six innings and Mike Moustakas hit a three-run homer to lead the Kansas City Royals to an 8-2 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night. Shields struck out nine and won his second straight start. Moustakas’ homer sparked Kansas City’s four-run fourth that featured five hits. The Royals are 10-0 when scoring at least four runs. Eric Hosmer led KC with four hits, including an RBI double in the seventh. The Royals and Indians are now even in their four-game series. Game 3 will be Wednesday night at 6:05pm at Progressive…